delhi sultanate mcq set 2 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

Answer: (c)

Iltutmish established Delhi as the capital of Sultanate. After the death of Aibak, the governor of Bengal revolted. He was defeated by Iltutmish. Iltutmish conquered Ujjain, Ranthambh or, Gwalior and Malwa and gained control overthe whole of north India. Iltutmish suppressed the revolts of the Amires in the areas around Delhi. He made Delhi his capital.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (c)

The correct chronological order of the rulers of Kashmir is; Avantivarman, Didda, Harsha, Jayasinghe. Utpala dynasty founded by Avantivarman followed the Kakrotas. His successor Shankaravarman (885–902 CE) led a successful military campaign against Gurjaras in Punjab. Political instability in 10th century made the royal bodyguards (Tantrins) very powerful in Kashmir. Under the Tantrins, civil administration collapsed and chaos reigned in Kashmir till they were defeated by Chakravarman.

Queen Didda, who descended from the Hindu Shahis of Kabul on her mother's side, took over as the ruler in the second half of the 10th century. After her death in 1003 CE, the throne passed to Lohara dynasty.

Answer: (a)

Mamluk was the Quranic term for slave. Qutbuddin Aibak was a slave of Muhammad Ghori, who made him the Governor of his Indian possessions.

He set up his military headquarters at Indraprastha, near Delhi. He raised a standing army and established his hold over north India even during the lifetime of Ghori. I

ltutmish belonged to the Ilbari tribe and hence his dynasty was named as Ilbari dynasty. He shifted his capital from Lahore to Delhi.

Answer: (c)

• Diwan-i-Mushtakhraj was established by Alauddin Khilji.
• Diwan-i-Amirkohi was established by Muhammad Tughlaq.
• Diwan-i-Khairat was established by Jalaluddin Khilji.

State and the peasants can be traced to the era of Turko-Afghan rule in India, around 1300 AD when Diwani-i-Amir Kohi (Department of Agriculture during the reign of Sultan Muhammad Bin Tughlug) and Diwan-i-Mushtakhraj (i.e. Department of Land Revenues) established during the rule of Ala-ud-din Khilji were. The Khilji ruler divided the property rights tenure into three classes.

The ruler also collected Khiraj or land tax from the Hindu chiefs. The state demanded 50% of the gross produce of lands (as the rate of revenue) and maintained price control on all kinds of agricultural produce.